Where

RandeLab is a house in the hills of Randen, more specifically the region is called Hagen and is at the most northern border of Switzerland, Canton of Schaffhausen, just bordering to Germany by a 5 minutes walk. As a partially protected natural / cultural land with a lot of forest and limited agriculture. The RandeLab itself has been a meeting point and retreat for many earlier informal activities within the Hackteria Network and local friends for leisure activities.

Water

The infrastructure in RandeLab is relatively simple, collected/filtered rain-water is available by pumping, and it's drinkable! For washing our new Open Mandi platform was just made freshly for YOU! Water can be heated on the fire and usually 1 pot should be enough for a full body-wash, see instructions by Wilbur. Bring your own towel!

Power

The house is equipped with 400 Wp solarpanels and 450 Ah of battery capacity, so i am pretty sure we will make it through the days being able to use light, laptops, charge phones or whatever is needed four our research. Additionally there is a 2kW generator to be able to use power-tools.

Toilet

A simple dry toilet is in the shed 10 meters away from the house, with newly installed LED lighting and a gallery of Indian street-posters!

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Hosting & Accommodation

The RandeLab has 2 floors and the upper floor is nicely set-up to host at least 10 people in individual beds. There are fresh bedstuffs and everything, but you are also welcome to bring along your own sleeping bag (not a must). In the main rooms on the groundfloor there are another 2-3 sleeping places. So a total of up to 10-12 people can be sorted out. You are also welcome to bring a tent, but be aware there are only a few flat spots on the land available, you'll find them!

We will provide food, snacks and drinks throughout the gatherig. Feel free to bring some extra candies, goodies or stuff you like to share!

Get a ticket from the trainstation at the airport to Merishausen, Gemeindehaus. There is a connection 1 per hour, change in Schaffhausen (S24) get out in Schaffhauen to take the bus, double check on SBB website if it only leaves from the Bahnhof Nord small bus stop.

By car

There is limited traffic allowed on Hagen! So we are only allowed to have 2 cars coming to RandeLab using a special licence. And our hosting team is using them for shopping and transport.

For those of you who want to come by car it is advised to drive to Heidebomm, which is already on the height of Randen and has a public parking. From there it's only a 10 minutes walk, see map above.

Schedule

18 - 23. April

Projects

"Wie ist das nochmals mit dem BSL1 in der Schweiz?"

More info on our overview on how to register a BSL1 Lab in Switzerland are on DIY-BSL1.

Sorghum Monoculture

I got these nice super power sweet sorghum seeds from Akbar's university in Japan.... i think good start of seeding should be late May / early June. But maybe we can plough the field and throw some seeds already to test.

Glow Your Own Beer

Let's see if those yeasts are still alive and kicking! In the old tradition of making things glow... see earlier experiments on glowing sausages